S. 3160
IntroducedA bill to provide for interagency tabletop exercises to assess the impacts of Department of Defense decisions during crises and evaluate United States Government tools available to augment Department of Defense capabilities in competition, crisis, and conflict, and for other purposes.
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119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3160
To provide for interagency tabletop exercises to assess the impacts of Department of Defense decisions during crises and evaluate United States Government tools available to augment Department of Defense capabilities in competition, crisis, and conflict, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 7, 2025
Ms. Slotkin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services
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A BILL
To provide for interagency tabletop exercises to assess the impacts of Department of Defense decisions during crises and evaluate United States Government tools available to augment Department of Defense capabilities in competition, crisis, and conflict, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. INTERAGENCY TABLETOP EXERCISES TO ASSESS AUGMENT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CAPABILITIES IN COMPETITION, CRISIS, AND CONFLICT.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall invite representatives from Federal departments and agencies focused on economic issues, including the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Transportation, the Office of the United States Trade Representative, the National Economic Council, and representatives from the private sector, as appropriate, to participate in unclassified Department of Defense tabletop exercises for the purposes of--
(1) assessing the economic impacts of Department of Defense decisions during crisis and conflict; and
(2) evaluating the economic tools available to the United States Government to augment Department of Defense capabilities in competition, crisis, and conflict.
(b) Briefing.--Not later than December 31, 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense committees (as that term is defined in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code) a briefing on the current and planned efforts of the Department of Defense to include representatives from Federal departments and agencies focused on economic issues and the private sector in unclassified Department of Defense tabletop exercises. <all>